Bottle-tray.



P. SOGHURBK, SR.

BOTTLE TRAY. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13. 1909.

Patented Aug. 2', 1910.

THE NORRIS PETERS co WASHINGTON. n c

Unit; SIEES BOTTLE-TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 13, 1909.

Patented Aug. 2, 1910.

Serial No. 512,692.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SOCHUREK, Sn, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of\Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Trays; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in what is herein shown, described and claimed,its object being to improve the preferably perforated sheet-metalbottle-tray set forth in Patent No. 858,766, issued to me July 2, 1907,the improved tray being constructed with especial reference to safety ofbottles carried therein and to anti-slip of said tray on a conveyor.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a plan view of afragment of my improved simple, economical, stilf and durable,preferably perforated, sheet-metal tray in which to sterilize bottlebeverages; and Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same on the planeindicated by line 22 in Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates the bottom and B thecontinuous wall of an approximately rectangular sheet-metal bottle-tray,the corners of the same being rounded. The bottom and wall of the trayare united by seaming, the meeting ends (not shown) of said wall beingalso seamed together.

A stiffening wire C is caught in an upper outer bead of the tray-walland if the tray is intended as a receptacle in which to sterilize filledand stoppered bottles, its bottom and wall are suitably perforated asherein shown. 7

The scam I) of the tray bottom and wall constitutes a flange dependingbelow the plane of said bottom that is provided with recurring rows ofpreferably circular indentations c, the arrangement of these interruptedindentations being such that those in each row are staggered withrespect to those in the row or rows next adjacent. The depth of theindentations is such that their bases are flush with the flange b andsaid indentations not only serve to stiffen the bottom below its planebut also provide for frictional contact of enough of said bottom I witha conveyer to prevent slipping thereon of the tray. The tray bottom isperforated, and the perforations e occur central of the indentationsaforesaid, as herein shown.

It is preferable, as herein shown, to provide the tray-bottom with twointersecting series of continuous elevations (Z at recurring intervalsbetween indentations of said bottom. These elevations stiffen thetraybottom above its plane and interrupt contact of the bottom ofbottles with said traybottom, each bottle being supported on some ofsaid elevations that absorb shock and prevent breaking of said bottleswhen the tray with its contents is set down on a floor, bench or othersuport.

If the elevations cl be not employed, the indentations c of thetray-bottom will interrupt its contact with bottles, and those portionsof said bottom between said indentations will constitute elevatedshock-absorbing cushions for said bottles. However the indented bottomwith the elevations as aforesaid is the preferred construction asthereby a sufficiently stifi tray-bottom may be made from lighter stockthan would be otherwise necessary to prevent sag of said bottom underthe weight of bottles and their contents in the tray.

I claim:

1. A sheet-metal bottle-tray having its bottom and wall united by a scamconstituting a flange below the plane of the bottom and said bottomprovided with recurring rows of interrupted perforated indentations thebases of which are flush with the edge of the flange.

2. A sheet-metal bottle-tray having its bottom and wall united by a seamconstituting a flange depending below the plane of the bottom and saidbottom provided with recurring rows of interrupted indentations and withtwo series of intersecting continuous elevations at recurring intervalsbetween the indentations, the bases of said indentations being flushwith the edge of the flange.

3. A sheet-metal bottle-tray having its bottom and wall united by a seamconstituting aflange depending below the plane of the bottom, and saidbottom provided with recurring rows of interrupted perforated inhavehereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, dentatlons and with two series oflfltGFSGCt- 1n the county of Mllwaukee and State of mg continuouselevations at recurrmg lnter- VVlsconsln 1n the presence of tWowltnesses. l0

vals between the indentations, the bases of FRANK SOCHUREK, SR. 5 saidindentations being flush With the edge Vitnesses:

of the flange. GEORGE G. FELBER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing THOS. J. DELOS HUNT.

